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Civil War and Recons
Flash cards to study for that HHUUGGEE test in two days or so.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the result of the Missouri Compromise? | Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state. |
| Which slave led a Rebellion that scared the South? | Nat Turner led the rebellion. |
| Result of the Compromise of 1850. | California became a free state, slave trade in Washington D.C. became abolished, New Mexico and Utah open to slavery, and strong fugitive slave laws were passed to please slave-holders. |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act. | Nebraska and Kansas both became slave states. |
| Violence in the Senate 1856. | Charles attacked 3 other senators, Preston Brooks, Stephen Douglas, and Andrew Pickens, verbally. Brooks beat Sumner with a cane, and that event brutally injured Sumner, and divided the nation. |
| The Dred Scott Case. | Dred Scott claimed to be a free man, but the Congress denied his rights because he wasn't a citizen and he would never become one. Also , part of the Missouri Comprimise was deemed unconstitutional. This raised tension between the free and slave states. |
| John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry | John Brown planned a raid in which he would raid the Federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, and arm enslaved persons. However, after the raid of the arsenal, troops quickly advanced on him. He was then captured, tried, convicted of treason, and hanged. |
| Election of 1860 | Lincoln won this election and defeated Douglas, Bell, and Breckenridge. |
| Secession | When the southern states left the Union. |
| Jefferson Davis | The President of the Confederate States of America. |
| Fort (Ft.) Sumter | This historical monument was bombed on April 1, 1861, and it started the Civil War. |
| Causes of the Civil War | Slavery, economic reasons, The Election of Abraham Lincoln, and states versus federal rights. |
| 13th Amendment | 1865-Abolished slavery in the Untied States. |
| 14th Amendment | 1868-All persons born or naturalized in the United States is a citizen. Prohibited the states from limiting citizens'privileges and immunities or depriving them of due process or equal protectionof the laws. |
| 15th Amendment | Prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" (i.e., slavery). |
| Battle of Antietam | Bloodiest one-day battle. Nearly 65,000 casualties. |
| Battle of Gettysburg | Battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania at which the North stopped the South from advancing farther north |
| Battle of Vicksburg | North wins and seizes Vicksburg in 1863. South surrendered. |
| John Wilkes Booth | An actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. |
| Ulysses S. Grant | The North's most trusted General during the Civil War. |
| Robert E. Lee | The South's most trusted General during the Civil War. |
| 1st Battle of Bull Run | First major land battle of the civil war. Union lost. Proved to Lincoln that the Union needed to be stronger to win. |
| Abolition | Getting rid of salvery |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Issued by Abraham Lincoln, it freed all enslaved persons in South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, and North Carolina. |
| Harriet Tubman | Free Slave who conducted the Underground Railroad. |
| Abraham Lincoln | 16th President of the United States. |
| Civil Rights Act of 1866 | Said that all slaves are citizens of the United States. |
| Ku Klux Klan | A Southern slaves rights resistance group. They threatened and tortured African Americans until they left the federal office. |
| Sherman's March to the Sea | William Tecumseh Sherman's march from Atlanta to Savannah to show/prove the strength of the North, and he destroyed the cities (in between) in the process. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | It stated that all runaway slaves must be returned to their rightful Southern owners/masters. |
| Carpetbagger | What the Southerners referred the visitors from the Union to as because of their luggage being made of a carpet. |
| Results of the Civil War | Slavery was abolished, the South was devastated both economically and physically, African Americans got the rights to become citizens, free, and to vote, and the Union was victorious. |
| Attempts to deny African Americans the Right to Vote? | Poll Taxes, Grandfather Clauses, and Literacy Tests. |
| Underground Railroad | A system conducted by Harriet Tubman that helped enslaved persons escape to the North. |
| Freedman's Bureau | A government organization formed to assist all freed African Americans build schools, and live their lives. |
| Anaconda Plan | Winfield Scott's plan to barricade all Southern ports and to cut down through the Mississipps River to divide teh South/Confederacy into two. |
| Amnesty | The act of granting a pardon to a large group of people. |
| Reconstruction | A time period during which the South was rebuilt after the Civil War. |
| Goals of Radical Republicans | First, to prevent leaders of the Conferacy to return to power after the war. Second, they wanted the Republican Party to be a powerful institution in the South. And finally, the federal government should help the free African Americans in the South. |
| Andrew Johnson | President Abraham Lincoln's vice president and the 17th President of the United States. |
| Economy of the North | Good economy because of factories and businesses. |
| Economy of the South | Not so very good because their main soure of work/industry was the farming industry. |
| War Innovations | Cannons, rifles, and new war tactics. |
| Confederate War Strategy | The Confederates decided to go on offense because they thought that they were strong(er) due to their military traditions. |
| Condition of Surrender | They guaranteed that the Confederates would no tbe prosecuted for treason, and that the Union would provide for them during the winter. |
| Massachusetts 54th | A regiment during the Civil War consisting of African Americans. |
| Black Codes | Laws made by Southern state legislatures to limit the rights of African Americans in the South. |
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